N.T. Wright on Unscholary Scholars and Sachkritik (Material Criticism) (November 13, 2015)

In N.T. Wright's newly published book, Paul and His Recent Interpreters: Some Contemporary Debates, he provides a fascinating critique of Sachkritik (material criticism) and those scholars who use it. Sachkritik is the german word for material criticism (or subject criticism), which is the attempt by scholars to separate the subject (Sache) from the form […]

Related: A Theology of the New Testament, C.H. Dodd, n.t. wright, Paul and His Recent Interpreters, Rudolf Bultmann, Sachkritik

Rudolf Bultmann: de-mythologizing, Gnosticism and his works (March 8, 2012)

Rudolf Bultmann  (1884-1976) was a German Lutheran theologian who taught at the University of Marburg. Bultmann is well know for his de-mythologizing method that he attempted to purge the New Testament of what he perceived to be legendary accretions to the Christian Tradition. The method is historically reminiscent of the penknife redaction of Marcion […]

Related: A Theology of the New Testament, Fundamentalism, g.e. ladd, George Eldon Ladd, Gnostic, Gnosticism, Gospel of Judas, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Truth, Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration, Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week From The Entrance Into Jerusalem To The Resurrection, Joseph Ratzinger, Martin Heidegger, Nag Hammandi Library, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholicism, Rudolf Bultmann, The Gospel of John, Theology of the New Testament: Complete In One Volume, TNT, TWNT